Melnikov, F. E.

Chto takoe staroobriadchestvo? [What is Old Belief?]

Shanghai: Izdanie Shankhaiskoi Staroobryadcheskoi Obshchiny, 1941. Item #1001

10 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Text in Russian. A good copy with the slightly worn wrappers.

This book, a foundational work by the distinguished Old Believer historian and theologian F. E. Melnikov, details the phenomenon of the Old Believer movement. It can be considered an essential starting point for anyone interested in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Old Believers, also known as Old Ritualists, are Eastern Orthodox Christians who preserve the liturgical and ritual traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church as they existed prior to the reforms implemented by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666.

This is an extremely rare publication. It is not listed in the catalogs of the Russian State Library, the Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad, or the collections of V. Slobodchikov and A. Savin. As of May 2024, OCLC locates a single copy at Indiana University.

Price: $200.00